Post by Caileag on Dec 17, 2005 15:32:44 GMT -5
I posted this in the "tips for quitting" forum but thought I would post again here...
I have been picking my arms, face, shoulders and chest for 13 years. I began shortly after having my first child. I am now 35 years old.
I have tried: wearing gloves, cutting my nails completely off, thought stopping, yoga, snapping a rubber band on my wrist, vaseline, bandaides, asprin ground up and put on sores, hydrogen peroxide, neosporin, oral antibiotics and acne medication from the dermatologist, scar reducing cream, skin lightener, dermablend, proactive, bandages completely covering my arms, knitting, avoiding mirrors...you name it and I have probably tried it. Nothing has worked or improved my situation until....
Four months ago I changed birth control pills from Orthotricyclen to Yasmin. With a week I had gone from picking 1-2 hours a day to less than 5 minutes a day. Some days I forget to pick at all. The only thing I can attribute this to is the Yasmin. I am not on any other medication and nothing else in my routine or diet has really changed.
It certainly is not a will power issue-I have none! I still have the urge to pick, just not as strong. My arms are still scarred but they look a thousand percent better and I am considering wearing a short sleeved shirt (without dermablend) for the first time in 13 years.
I thought this information might be helpful to someone else.
There is hope.
I have been picking my arms, face, shoulders and chest for 13 years. I began shortly after having my first child. I am now 35 years old.
I have tried: wearing gloves, cutting my nails completely off, thought stopping, yoga, snapping a rubber band on my wrist, vaseline, bandaides, asprin ground up and put on sores, hydrogen peroxide, neosporin, oral antibiotics and acne medication from the dermatologist, scar reducing cream, skin lightener, dermablend, proactive, bandages completely covering my arms, knitting, avoiding mirrors...you name it and I have probably tried it. Nothing has worked or improved my situation until....
Four months ago I changed birth control pills from Orthotricyclen to Yasmin. With a week I had gone from picking 1-2 hours a day to less than 5 minutes a day. Some days I forget to pick at all. The only thing I can attribute this to is the Yasmin. I am not on any other medication and nothing else in my routine or diet has really changed.
It certainly is not a will power issue-I have none! I still have the urge to pick, just not as strong. My arms are still scarred but they look a thousand percent better and I am considering wearing a short sleeved shirt (without dermablend) for the first time in 13 years.
I thought this information might be helpful to someone else.
There is hope.
, glad it works for you though.